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IBIZA DIARY 2016
" The whole experience for me was mind blowing and one I will never forget. The feedback I received was amazing and to be asked back to play next season is overwhelming to say the least. "
It was Friday July 1st and I was finishing off and preparing my sets for Ibiza for the next day. It still felt surreal to think that tomorrow I would be taking a journey to the biggest clubland in the world to perform at some of the biggest clubs that Ibiza has to offer and at just 17 years of age.
Well, I didn't sleep a wink as you could imagine. Up at 5am to get ready to hit the road to live my dream. Ibiza let's be havin' ya!
Day 1.
At the airport I bumped into fellow Irish DJ Glenn Stankard who was also on the same flight as me as he was also performing over in Ibiza at one of the events I was playing at too "SIN Sundays" at Ocean Beach. Great respect for this guy, he has achieved so much and has been to Ibiza so many times to perform.
After just over two and a half hours I had touched down in Ibiza and the weather was just glorious at 32 degrees.
A 30 minute taxi ride and we were at the hotel in San Antonio. I had some time to kill as I wasn't in Eden until the early hours of the morning. I heard Steven Cooper from 98fm was on the island too as he was performing at the new bar Shenanigans in the Westend. I reached out to him and we met in Linekers bar for a cool drink and a chat.
Steven is an incredible person and so funny. This man supported me from day one, playing my tunes on "Coopers Club Collection" and believe it or not I had never met the man as all communication
was done via facebook and email. It was Steven's first time in Ibiza performing too. We stayed talking for a few hours then it was time to get something to eat and back to the hotel to chill out and do some last minute prep work.
Tonight was the night that I would be playing in one of the most iconic clubs for a very respected brand "Sintillate" in San Antonio and I was buzzin' for it. I had heard from many other DJ's that the sound system at Eden was probably one of the best on the island, and well it didn't disappoint.
The club is set out like in a circle with a top tier to it too, for clubbers to look down while you perform. The vibrations going through me from the DJ booth where amazing. I played more commercial sounding tracks for that night which went down well. I stayed around for a while to see and hear some other DJ's perform and then headed off. Steven had told me he was performing in Shenanigans that night in the Westend so I decided to drop up and pay him a visit.
Westend was buzzin' and very busy, and I found Shenanigans, through the sea of clubbers. The place was very busy and Steven was banging out the tracks. He even stuck on one of my own productions which was amazing. Steven just has this amazing presence about him while he performs.
It was a long day so I decided to call it a night and head back to he hotel to get some shut eye.
Day 2.
I woke up and headed downstairs to have some breakfast. Refreshed and readytogoIwasonmywaydownto Ocean Beach to perform for SIN Sundays. Ever since I was 14 years old I always wanted to spin at Ocean Beach and for Sin Sundays and now the dream was becoming a reality. I love Ocean Beach, it has such a great vibe there. My set this time was very different to the one I had played in Eden the the night before. It was more of a very chilled, deep house, pool side selection. I met Tom Crane, who is resident there at Ocean Beach. This guy is amazing and has performed at some of the best clubs in the world. I was honoured to meet him and for him to give me support and encouragement.
So here I was playing to a sold out Ocean Beach and the youngest ever DJ to perform there and for the SIN Sundays brand. Somebody pinch me! I received great feedback from everyone about my set and loved every minute of it. It was great to chill then and do some networking. I created an exclusive CD for Ibiza entitled "This Is Ibiza", so I was busy handing some of these out. I got to meet Wayne Lineker again. He is such a lad and have a huge amount of respect for him and he has also been supporting me from the start too. Even professional poker player and the ultimate playboy Dan Bizerian paid a visit that day. After some food I decided it was time to go and get back to the hotel to freshen up as I was performing later at Ibiza's newest night club LYT.
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